7. The chief official gave them other names: he gave the name Belteshazzar to Daniel, Shadrach to Hananiah, Meshach to Mishael, and Abednego to Azariah.
8. Daniel determined that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or with the wine he drank. So he asked permission from the chief official not to defile himself.
9. God had granted Daniel favor and compassion from the chief official,
10. yet he said to Daniel, “My lord the king assigned your food and drink. I’m afraid of what would happen if he saw your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age. You would endanger my life with the king.”
11. So Daniel said to the guard whom the chief official had assigned to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
12. “Please test your servants for 10 days. Let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink.